Newark City Hall Friday morning, just a block from where thieves broke into an electronics store and stole merchandise. Len Melisurgo/The Star-Ledger

NEWARK — As the city was being pelted with heavy snow this morning, burglars seized the opportunity to smash into a Broad Street electronics store less than a block from City Hall and steal a cache of devices, police said.

Driss Mallouk, the owner of Electromania Wireless & Electronics, told The Associated Press surveillance video showed four men removing a city bench bolted to the sidewalk and smashing the bench into the store's security gate before stealing several computers and flat screen televisions.

"The officers at the scene noticed damage to the metal roll down gate that secured the entrance of the business," Newark Police Sgt. Ronald Glover said in a statement.

Police did not provide estimates on how much the merchandise was worth.

Anyone with information regarding the heist is urged to call the Department’s 24-hour "Crime Stoppers" anonymous tip line at 877-NWK-TIPS (877-695-8477).